yes, yes, six collective starts are about oh, 54 too short to call Sox youngsters Gavin Floyd and John Danks truly successful.
But I will take these at face value: After last night's victory in Tampa, Mr. Danks has posted 14 2/3 straight scoreless innings. Mr. Floyd has gone 15 1/3 consecutive innings without an unearned run.
I'd say that's pretty good. Now, I know you can't "throw away" such a dismal outing like the one Danks had against the Twins (7 runs in 2.1 innings) but I'd venture to say that outings like that will become rarer and rarer.
I say they're for real. What about you?
Rick Armstrong 
Jim Owczarski 
Mike Knapp 
Todd M. Adams 
I'm sticking with my original story: I'm a big fan of Danks; I'm skeptical of Floyd.
With Floyd, the stuff is there, but you wonder about the mental makeup. It will be interesting to see how he bounces back the first time he has a bad outing.
Danks' change looks light years better than it did at this time last year. He's throwing his change more than he's throwing his breaking ball. That might be for the best. He gave up a few too many HRs on hanging breaking balls last season.